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return. 76 million under alert, coast to coast. new video released of the three hostages being violently abducted by hamas militants as the families of the victims press netanyahu to agree to a deal. >> rebecca: ahead of the first presidential debate, the biden campaign focused on abortion rights, two years after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, as donald trump calls for president biden to be drug tested. >> rebecca: julian ass sa nge set to plead guilty. he leaked hundreds of classified documents. now expected to go free. >> linsey: the surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis. >> rebecca: declining to testify. karen read accused of killing her police officer boyfriend. >> is she being framed or did she back up into her boyfriend and leave him for dead? >> rebecca: with closing arguments set to get under way.

>> george: hidden danger in the waves. the urgent warning about double drownings when a rescue attempt ends in tragedy. ginger is diving in for our must see demo. >> ginger: my legs are burning. >> george: and so are these two dads. can they pull off a rescue in the water? and the number one thing you need to bring to the beach that could save lives. overnight history on the ice. ♪ you're as cold as ice ♪ >> george: overnight history on the ice. >> florida panthers have won the stanley cup! >> george: raising the cup for the first time ever. >> good morning america! >> george: florida fans freaking out. >> i can't believe we won! >> george: and the coolest fan celebrates in a front row seat. plus who will light the fire? we're fired up for "the bear." >> five minutes to open! >> george: ahead of the third season. >> tremendous, chef. >> thank you, chef. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> george: i love that show. so glad "the bear" is coming back. great to have you back. good morning america.

hope you are all doing well. >> rebecca: yes, chef. also ahead, what you need to know about your student loan plan, with two judges blocking some of president biden's loan forgiveness programs. plus the latest on the new covid variant. >> linsey: we begin with the extreme weather hitting much of the country this morning. record heat from coast to coast. dangerous rip currents and a flooding catastrophe in the midwest. >> george: a dam in minnesota is in imminent danger of collapse. melissa adan is on the scene. good morning, melissa. >> reporter: good morning, george. this major minnesota dam is on the brink of collapse. you can see that rushing water cutting into the side of that dam, splitting into the earth. so much of that debris, check it out, it is just building up on the side there. this morning communities on edge as a dam in minnesota is in imminent danger of collapse. after days of relentless rain, the rapid dam suffering damage from flooding monday morning, the violent water sweeping this building away.

>> this water is not safe. it's contaminated. whether it be through sewage or other contaminants. >> reporter: other parts of the state suffering from torrential rain. volunteers in waterville coming together to prepare sandbags. many other states in the midwest under water, with at least one person dying in south dakota. intense flooding across the midwest, including in this south dakota neighborhood. you see this massive sink hole caused after major flooding from a river overtaking this community, downed power lines, destroyed homes. >> in case we needed any reminder of the destructive nature of water, we are seeing it in realtime today. >> reporter: critical infrastructure throughout the region taking a direct hit. interstate 29 looking more like a river than a road. and this rail bridge in north sioux city partially collapsing. iowa's governor says nearly 2,000 homes and businesses sustained damage. officials warning that a collapse is imminent, and you can see why. you see that raging floodwater threatening homes like the one

right there you see behind me. george? >> george: melissa, thanks. let's get more on the floods and heat from ginger on the jersey shore. good morning, ginger. >> ginger: good morning, george. they will stay dry until thursday night there, but we are going to see those flood warnings on the map. there are more than a dozen rivers at flood stage. it has to go down river. even the mississippi near the twin cities could see some big time rising there in the coming days. it takes time for that to all go down. so we are going to also be looking at the heat and the heat is all to the south there. the heat dome has really built in and spread out. so excessive heat warnings are still up for palm springs, salt lakes through tonight. greenville, mississippi, could end up feeling close to 116 today. new orleans could feel like 110. it doesn't budge much, and it sticks around. dallas will start to see their stretch of 100. memphis, even though you'll be real hot today, get a break, rebecca, by the midweek. >> rebecca: a break that so many are waiting on. ginger, thank you.

we turn overseas now to the latest on israel's war with hamas. the families of the hostages have released new video of the violent kidnappings on october 7th as they pressure benjamin netanyahu to do more to bring their loved ones home. matt gutman is on the scene in tel aviv, israel. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. that video is hard to watch, especially because of the contrast between the jubilation of those hamas gun men and the misery of the three hostages in the back of that pickup. the families of the hostages telling us they wanted that video released to put pressure on their own government to expedite the hostages deal and cease fire. this morning that just released video showing hamas gun men racing into gaza with three hostages on october 7th warning the video is graphic. the three are seen crammed in the back of that pickup truck, badly wounded and soaked in blood. the video from a hamas terrorist helmet camera.

hirsch's head pulled back as one says, i want to take a selfie with him. overnight i met with his parents. you literally watched this for the first time a few minutes ago. >> yeah. >> reporter: how does a mother watch her son go through that? >> i'm not even sure yet. i felt terribly sorry for him. i don't think that any parent would ever want to see their child in any distress. all hostage families, we all feel this. how much more can we bear? >> reporter: israeli government doing enough to try to secure they release? >> the short answer is no. i say that for one simple indisputable fact. 120 hostages are not home and it's been 262 days. >> reporter: even as israel's prime minister signals a drawdown of troops in gaza, israeli hair strikes hit two schools where displaced people

were sheltering. 14 people killed including eight members of a single family. over the the past couple days the chief military spokesman now talking about hamas as an idea, something that cannot be destroyed, seemingly walking back months of rhetoric. one of the primary goals of the war, to eradicate hamas. george? >> george: the first presidential debate is just two days away. rachel scott and mary bruce are on the campaigns. biden campaign focused on abortion. >> reporter: yeah, george. we are getting a preview of what is to come on the debate stage thursday night. the president is hoping he can hold donald trump accountable for his actions in office. he is trying to put abortion rights fronts and center marking the two year anniversary of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. the biden team is saying donald trump is to blame. out on the campaign trail, the vice president saying trump is, quote, guilty of stealing reproductive freedom from the women of america. 21 states have now banned or severely restricted abortion. trump has bragged about

appointing three of the justices who overturned roe. he said abortion laws should be up to the states. biden has said he will go further if re-elected. of course, abortion has been a winning issue for democrats. biden is hoping it will drive voters to the polls. >> george: rachel, thank you. rachel, the trump campaign, donald trump following a familiar play book making a wild allegation about president biden. >> reporter: yeah. this is a page straight out of donald trump's play book, george. donald trump has done everything, from question president biden's mental fit to mock his debate preparations. now he's calling on the president to get a drug test before he gets on the debate stage, and he's fund-raising off of that point. over the weekend the former president suggested that president biden was using supplements to get, quote, jacked up before his public appearances. to be absolutely clear here, there is no evidence of that. these are baseless and unfounded claims. it is not the first time we have heard donald trump use these claims.

he once called on hillary clinton to get a drug test during the 2016 debate. the biden campaign insists donald trump is resorting to baseless and false lies. this is a sign of how nasty things could get on the debate stage in 48 hour. >> george: thank you very much. you can watch the cnn presidential debate thursday on abc. it all starts at 8 p.m. eastern with the abc news special race for the white house. >> linsey: now the major development in the case of julian assange, the founder of wikileaks who put out sensitive u.s. documents on the internet. he's been fighting for extradition to the u.s. for years. now he's agreed to a plea deal. our senior national correspondent terry moran has the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. this is a stunning end to a legal and national security saga that's gone on for years. but today julian assange is out of prison and on his way home to australia. this morning julian assange who rocked governments around the world, is set to plead guilty in u.s. federal court to a single

felony charge in exchange for his freedom, ending the years long legal saga around his explosive publication of u.s. state secrets. overnight he left a high security british prison, a moment that capped months of quiet talks between his lawyers and the justice department. the deal that set him free, he will plead guilty to one count conspiring to unlawfully disseminate classified information and avoid further potential prison time in exchange. his plea will be taken in person, as required by law, at one of the most remote u.s. federal courthouses in the northern mariana islands, avoid setting foot in the continental u.s. and near his native country of australia. assange celebrated by some as a hero, reviled by others as a reckless vandal, published state secret of country after country. none more damaging than the vast trove of u.s. classified documents wikileaks posted online starting in 2010, at the height of u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> we hope to correct some of

that attack on the truth that occurred before the war, during the war and which has continued on since the war officially concluded. >> reporter: nearly 750,000 documents in total were leaked, revealing detailed u.s. military activities and confidential diplomatic cables. now julian assange is on the verge of freedom. his wife recording a hopeful statement. >> this period of our lives i'm confident now has come to an end. and i think that by this time next week julian will be free. >> reporter: assange's family says his health has deteriorated during his years of incarceration. at one point he faced up to 170 years in prison. instead today, for the first time in more than a decade, he is free and going home. rebecca? >> rebecca: a long saga put to

an end. terry, thank you. we turn now to a major announcement in the fight against gun violence. the u.s. surgeon general is declaring it a public health crisis. chief justice correspondent pierre thomas joins us now with more. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: rebecca, good morning. the surgeon general has decided for the first time that the nation's level of gun violence has reached pervasive levels and has to be addressed that the time has come to call it a public health crisis. much of the concern appears rooted in disturbing new trends, including the fact that gun violence has recently emerged as the leading cause of death for children and teens in this country. the surgeon general provides a series of staggering statistics that makes its case. the nation's rate of gun violence for young people is five times higher than any other major wealthy country, rebecca. >> rebecca: five times higher, pierre. the surgeon general is all saying the impact of gun violence reaches deeper and wider than people really

understand. >> reporter: that's right. he believes that gun violence is traumatizing not only the bodies, but the minds of young people, families and entire communities. his office says nearly six out of every ten adults in this country worries on some levels that one of their loved ones will become a victim of gun violence. his announcement today emphasizes the need for more funding to provide more access to mental health support for gun violence victims. linsey? >> linsey: thank you. now the latest on covid and the new variant that's making the rounds. erielle reshef is here with what we need to know about that. >> reporter: good morning. health officials here in the u.s. are keeping a close eye on the so called flirt variant, as the u.k. sees a rise in covid hospitalizations. these subvariants are circulating here, but the good news is they are generally milder in their illness compared to earlier strains like the delta. the most common symptoms are sore throat, congestion and fatigue, similar to a common cold. overall hospitalizations remain lower than this time last year,

but covid cases are popping up across the country. cdc forecasting now estimating infections are growing or likely growing in 39 states and territories. health officials say the presence of these new subvariants is a good reminder that we could still see a swell of summer cases, and that usually happens after the 4th of july. good thing to know. >> george: thank you, erielle. shift gears now to the stanley cup finals. florida panthers are champions for the first time in history. they held off the edmonton oilers. victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: the stanley cup is known as the hardest trophy to win in sports. this was an exhausting series. panthers taking probably the hardest route possible. in the end they were able to close out the oilers and win their first title in franchise history. >> the florida panthers have won the stanley cup! >> reporter: overnight a long awaited championship, 30 years in the making. the florida panthers finally

winning their first stanley cup after blowing a three-game lead versus the edmonton oilers, coming back from the brink. all of that changed in game 7. >> score! >> reporter: sam reinhart breaking the 1-1 tie. >> they cannot score! >> reporter: and the hard fought puck battle right in front of the net, brick wall bob. >> they gave us a good match. it was a true final. >> reporter: but the panthers prevailing in an instant classic, winning their first stanley cup in three tries. >> i got off the phone with them the summer i took the job. i kept telling my wife, these guys are different. it's the way they treat each other. they love each other. >> reporter: head coach paul maurice praising his players for weathering the storm during that final push from edmonton. >> it's what you dream about. it's what you dream about. you can't even put it into

words. you work your whole year, your whole life for this game, to come out on top. it feels unbelievable. >> reporter: co-captain and the longest tenured panther sasha barkov receiving the highest honor for a championship team, being the first to hold the cup. fans in south florida savoring the moment. >> i can't believe we won! i have no words! >> in 30 years, we've been waiting for this! >> reporter: fans across south florida waited a long time for this one celebrating well into the night probably still celebrating. the oilers' conner mcdavid was awarded mvp for the playoffs, nearly leading his team to a historic comeback. but the night and the series belonged to the florida panthers. so from the home of the stanley cup florida panthers. [ laughter ] back to you guys. >> rebecca: you are happy this morning, we can tell. >> reporter: just a little bit. [ laughter ] >> rebecca: just a little bit. >> linsey: edmonton oilers clawed their way back. after the three game deficit. >> rebecca: that made it a great series. >> george: one for each side.

>> rebecca: exactly. >> george: coming up the case dividing social media. we'll tell you what's next for karen reed, the woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend. >> rebecca: news for the president's student loan repayment plan. >> linsey: ginger has a must see demo that could prevent drownings. hey, ginger. >> ginger: it is such instinct if you see someone to say, i'm going to rescue them. we have seen this rash of double drownings, where both the person who was drowning and the person who tries to rescue them drowns themselves. so we are going to be with some life guards, the pros, to give you some tips as we get into the beach time, that you do not want to miss. they will save lives. so stick around for that. and today there is a rip current risk. south shore of long island has one of the biggest here in the northeast. we're getting a little better. little calmer out here. still, something to note. all the way down the coast there are a couple red spots into the gulf coast as well. the great lakes always has a pretty large rip current risk. let's look at the great lakes, speaking of. severe thunderstorms are blowing

through west michigan, grand haven michigan there. the sun was up. that's how dark it was. with all that lightning blasting through. they've seen gusts upwards of 70 miles per hour. by tomorrow we'll be talking about it in the northeast. lot to get to in the way of damaging winds. your local weather now in 30 seconds.

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is she being framed by crocked cops or did she ran over her boyfriend? >> reporter: prosecutors allege read intentionally ran over her boyfriend with her lexus suv during a snowstorm in january 2022 leaving him to die. but the defense swinging back claiming read is being framed for an inside job by his fellow boston police officer. on the last day of testimony, several defense experts telling the court o'keefe's injuries couldn't have been caused by read's car. >> is the injury to the head that you saw consistent with having been struck by a vehicle at 24 miles per hour? >> it is not, no, sir. >> free karen read! free karen read! >> reporter: read speaking to matt gutman before trial. is it possible that you might have hit him unwittingly in your very large suv? >> no, not possible. >> reporter: declining to

testify, read's fate due to be sealed by a jury of her peers. >> the biggest challenge this jury has is there's not a lot of direct evidence. evidence that specifically shows something. what we have is a broken taillight. we do have a piece of dna. but there's nothing that directly tie hers to this murder. that's going to be the biggest challenge for the jury. all they have is circumstantial evidence. >> reporter: now, look. for the family of john o'keefe, it's been a couple grueling years. they remember him as a family man, an uncle who was raising his deceased sister's children as his own. each side will get an hour to make closing arguments, then the judge will give the jury instructions. then 12 jurors will decide this verdict. it will be a very, very closely watched one. >> george: sure is. okay, erielle, thank you very much. coming up later the new study linking loneliness with the risk of stroke. dr. ashton is here. next, with an elevated risk current risk, ginger has a must see demo that can help save lives in the water and she'll tell you the important item you should bring to the beach. aim s

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>> george: back now with dangers at the beach, and what to do if you see someone in trouble in the water. we've seen bystanders try to rescue them, only to get in trouble themselves. let's go back to ginger with what you should do if you want to help. >> ginger: i know you grew up around the great lakes, as did i. the great lakes, just like the ocean, has devastating risk.

we lose too many lives to risk currents and more. the high surf comes in, everybody is out at the beach. the worst cases is when someone's struggling in the water and someone on the beach says, i have got to help them because no life guard is around. they jump in and then both drown. they call it a double drowning. we've seen far too many of them, really, from great lakes to here in the oceans. so we got together with some life guards, the experts, to tell us what to do if we are in that situation. what we should and shouldn't do that could save everyone's life. this is the first time dennis and shannon have come back to this beach on lake michigan since they lost their son, tom, in those very waters two years ago. the middle school teacher, husband and father tried to rescue a young girl he didn't even know. she was struggling in the water. she survived and he did not. >> tom, i could tell, was contemplating what to do. he handed me his hat and phone and started walking toward the water's edge. >> we all underestimate how turbulent, how strong this really is.

it can overcome you so quickly. >> reporter: it's a hidden danger we see every single summer. parents and brave strangers attempting to rescue people out of the water, often on beaches without life guards. while some are successful, far too often neither the victim nor the rescuer survive. >> they might have this confidence because they know how to swim. they make that instant decision, jump in. that's, unfortunately, the moment they learn this will be a very difficult task to keep this person at the surface. it turns into a double drowning. >> reporter: to illustrate just how difficult it can be to rescue someone from turbulent water, i team up with certified life cards at skudinsurf inside the american dream mall. here choppy waves will help simulate the chaos. my first challenge, rescue, not a person, but this rubber diving brick which life guards use to test their strength and endurance. i dive in.

i grab the brick and make it back to shore. these waves are only two feet tall, but already it was definitely a challenge. my legs are burn. next, we raise the bar. this time it's 12-year-old competitive surfer kuda, who's going to simulate a drowning victim, which can be dangerous to the person rescuing because victims often panic and then can drag you under. after a short break, i plunge back in. this time it feels much more real. as soon as i take on that weight, i immediately struggle to keep my head above water. fortunately, since this pool is shallow, i don't need to hold him up very long. if any of this looks like it was easy, it was not. and for good measure, we asked two volunteer dads to give both scenarios a try. like me, ryan successfully rescued the brick and drowning victim, but also like me, it was a lot harder than he thought. >> even just swimming out there, my heart rate went up.

it was very, very tiring. >> ginger: watch what happens to our other volunteer, mike, before he even makes it to the brick this dad of three signals to the life guard he just can't get there. >> the waves keep coming. you feel like you're getting tired and tired. my arms were hurting. even now my heart is like boom, boom, boom. it's a lot more tiring than it looks like it would be. >> ginger: experts warned us, if that were the ocean or the great lakes, it would be more challenging, especially because of rip currents. >> in the pool you have a controlled environment. in the ocean, you are in a relatively safe or seemingly relatively safe position one moment and the next you're swept off your feet and you're 50 to 100 yards out to sea and you really don't know what hit you. ed >> reporter: mike says, despite his struggle, if it were his own kids, he'd still try to rescue

them, which would put his own life at risk. but there is a safer way. bring a floatation device which could be as simple as a boogie board. here's how you could use it. >> far enough away from them so when you hand them, he's not right on top of you. safe distance. say, relax, i'm here to save you. >> ginger: i tried my rescue again. the difference, staggering. having the board was everything. it made it so much easier. i was calmer. it felt like i had distance between me and the person. that distance gave me confidence. mike also gives it another go. this time he makes it out to the brick and all the way back to shore. >> it was still tiring, but it was a lot easier. >> ginger: because of that extreme fatigue, the united states life saving association warns against us regular folks attempting rescue. instead, first alert a life guard and call 911. if the victim is in a rip current, try yelling instructions. tell them to calm down, float on your back and swim parallel to shore, out of the current and never against it. if you're close enough to them,

throw them something that floats like that boogie board, a pool noodle, even a beach ball, or a cooler. if that all fails, if you do attempt a water rescue, do not go in without a floatation device. it made all the difference in this rescue. it's a lesson this dad won't soon forget. i am never going to the beach without something that floats, that's for sure. because this makes all the difference in the world. also, a huge tip that they were telling me is, if you get out there and you get to them and both of you are floating, you don't have to hero it all the way back. 911 has been called. life guards are coming. you can float. you're both safe. you can chill and take a breath. you don't have to get back to shore. so that was a really good tip. >> george: lot of good advice. what else should people know? >> ginger: the warnings are out. i told you the south shore of long island will have bad rip currents. take those warnings, know where to find them. if you see a red flag, don't go

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instyle best beauty buys for 2024. beauty kira julian brown is here with top picks for hair and skin care. >> rebecca: product junkie right here. looking forward to that. the future of the president's student loan forgiveness plan is now in question. mary bruce will have the latest from the white house. >> george: first look at the top stories breaking at 8. extreme weather hitting so much of the country. record heat from coast to coast. a flooding catastrophe in the midwest. ginger is tracking it all. good morning, ginger. >> ginger: good morning, george. late last week is when we saw that 12-15 inches of rain. we're still seeing major problems from that. you see the dam that's had a partial failure in minnesota. there are dams struggling in iowa, south dakota, all in that corner where the heaviest rain fell. there are several rivers at major flood stage but there are other rivers that are still going up because it takes time for the water to go up river. thankfully, they are mostly dry until late thursday.

brief rain comes through then. it will be how this move, how the water moves. we have to talk about the heat. it's been barely moving after the weekend's heat in the mid-atlantic, it has now expanded and focused out. i'd say the hottest today memphis down to greenville, mississippi could feel like 110, 115. still have palm springs in that excessive heat warning until thursday night. salt lake city loses theirs tonight. memphis will cool down into the low 90s. you see philadelphia going warmer as we go into the midweek. guys? >> linsey: lot of triple digits on the board. thank you. now the latest on president biden student loan repayment plan. let's go back tour chief white house correspondent mary bruce. good morning again, mary. >> reporter: this morning the future of the president student loan forgiveness plan is now in question, and millions of americans could be impacted. overnight federal judges in kansas and missouri preventing the government from implementing key parts of the president's student loan repayment plan which we know has become a

central part of the president's reelection campaign. 8 million americans are enrolled in this program. known as the safe plan. it ties student loan payment to a borrower's income. borrowers were set to see their payments cut in half from 10% of income down to 5%. but now this is on pause until the cases are fully litigated. the cases were brought by republican states who said the biden administration lacked the authority to do this. the white house and administration are vowing to fight this. >> rebecca: mary, thank you. we turn now to the 14-year-old bitten by a shark at a north carolina beach speaking about the dangerous encounter, as we learn more about the actor and surfer killed off the water in hawaii. matt rivers joins us with more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. toes there are two families in north carolina thankful their kids made it through a terrifying experience with their lives. an ordinary day at the beach quickly turned terrifying for

blaine browned and mckinley gore. >> i still think whatever happened to me, like this, it seemed like a bad dream. just so scary. >> reporter: the two friends in waist deep water at top sail beach in north carolina when blane was hit in the leg by a shark. >> i think a wave hit us. few seconds later it just bit me. i just ran out of the water, laid down in the sand. >> reporter: his family and friends calling 911. >> 14-year-old male that was bit by a shark. >> i was already, like, telling people that he got bit by a shark. nobody wistening because they thought, oh, they're kids, they're trying to be stupid. but once they saw pools of blood bigger than my hand, i think they knew that i was not joking. >> reporter: blane was rushed to

a hospital, tendons in his leg cut, stitches needed, but he'll be okay. >> i got luckier than some people. i'm grateful people were there. >> reporter: meanwhile in hawaii remembrances pouring in for surfer and actor tomio perry killed off the waters in hawaii. >> everybody loved him. he was so good. he was a wonderful husband. >> reporter: his loving wife and another close friend telling abc news he was everyone's big brother. tragic though his passing may be, he left this world doing what he loved, where he loved to do it. just to highlight, these kinds of fatal shark attacks are so rare. just nine have been recorded in the state of hawaii in the past 30 years. guys? >> rebecca: extremely rare, but still thinking of those victims and their families. matt, thank you. coming up in our gma morning menu, our money smart series looks at money dismorphia and what you can do if you have a skewed relationship with money.

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>> rebecca: we are back with our gma cover story. a money smart reality check about money dysmorphia and coming to terms with what you can and cannot afford. when 25-year-old olivia jenkins first heard the term money dysmorphia, she said it resonated right away. >> at some point i feel like in my head i have more money than i do. it's what causes my overspending. >> reporter: the new york city public relations associate seemingly lives her dream. but her relationship with money is skewed. it's called money dysmorphia. >> especially in the world of social media you live in, it's easy to feel like you have to spend spend spend. i have adopted this mentality that money is fake. >> rebecca: it's a growing trend that daja kennedy has seen

amongst her over 300,000 followers. >> we are constantly being bombarded with what we should buy and what we should do. sometimes, even if you are doing okay, it's hard to grasp it as reality because we are always being consumed with, we should be doing more. >> rebecca: she helps her clients start critically looking at their finances without comparing to others. >> people are sometimes doing better than what they think. >> one of the components of my dysmorphia is a constant comparison to our peers. >> rebecca: dr. alex melcunian says it can send our brains into survival mode. >> that comparison triggers this idea of, hey, am i surviving or am i not? how am i doing compared to my peers? in order to avoid dealing with our inner critic, we avoid money issues altogether. >> rebecca: what are a few tactics to help get money

dysmorphia under control? monitor how often you think about money. then unfollow accounts that lead to unhealthy comparisons. keep track of spending to remove anxiety of the unknown. something that's worked for olivia? pausing before purchasing. >> waiting 48 hours. then you have to think to yourself, is it actually going to bring me value? >> rebecca: that's important advice. guys, i think there's a big digital component to all of this. you thought social media is a big comparison. that's a trigger. so limit your time on social media. also, use cash. when you use cash, you really feel how much you are actually spending. instead of that click. it can really help you. if there's certain apps that are just the ones where you spend spend spend, take them off, delete them from your phone. okay. linsey, have you done that yet? >> linsey: i'm gonna be doing it now that you said to do it. now loneliness and its possible

link to stroke risk for people 50 and over. our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton is here with more about this study. explain what the study found. >> remember loneliness is now considered, get ready, on par with bad for our health with smoking and sitting. that is how bad it is for our physical and mental health. this recent study really looking at the question, how much loneliness is associated with risk of stroke because it has been associated before. in this study of adults over 50, they found that chronic loneliness. not occasional loneliness, but chronic loneliness was associated with a 56% increase risk of stroke down the road. so again, i think we have to remember connect the dots on how we feel emotionally, how we feel physically and then certain health outcomes down the road that we are trying to avoid.

>> linsey: astonishing that it's on par with smoking and sitting. what are the theories behind it? >> a lot of theories. we know, first of all, loneliness can have a physiological effect. it gets our kind of cortsol system into a revved up state. it can lower immunity, increase blood pressure. behaviorally, people who say they're lonely are more likely to have poor sleep patterns, more likely to smoke and drink, less likely to be compliant or ed a adherent with medications. it's not the same as being depressed. obviously, there's overlap. targeting loneliness is a major intervention in our health. >> linsey: you recently interviewed the surgeon general about what he called the epidemic of loneliness. what are some tips that they use to combat it? >> he called loneliness in 2017 a national epidemic. he was talking with me this past weekend on some tips. three easy things we can all do today to help ourselves and other, spending just 5 to 15 minutes a day reaching out to someone.

that can be via text, phone, in person. if you are reaching out to someone you have to give that person undivided attention. you can't multitask and think you're helping them or yourself. and then engaging in acts of service. this can be formal, informal, like picking something up if someone drops it. that helps that person. it also helps us. >> linsey: staying connected in some way. dr. jen, always helpful. thank you so much. george? >> george: lot of good advice. now to "the bear." season 3 drops tonight. deborah roberts sat down with the cast to hear all about it. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: good morning, george. yeah, this is the run away hit show viewers just can't stop talking about. the story of family, food and friendship with a group of troubled and lovable characters has left audiences spellbound. well, i had the chance to sit down with the cast of this award winning show to learn more about their unexpected success and what a new season of high intensity in the kitchen will mean for them all. what is it about this collection

of sort of odd ball awkward characters that people just gravitate toward? >> i think that feeling of belonging and, like, loneliness met by the need for belonging and then feeling like you are part of something bigger than yourself. that's such a human and universal thing. >> reporter: it's the show audiences are feasting on. >> george -- >> reporter: "the bear" a story of a restaurant in need of a revamp after a family tragedy that's become a love letter to restaurant culture. have your cooking skills improved? >> yeah. >> mine have gotten worse. [ laughter ] 'cause i don't have the time now. >> reporter: jeremy allen white playing a talented chef who's come back home to chicago to run the family restaurant. in the next season, is he going to be beyond driven now because

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